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This Week’s Extras

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Last Sunday, Princess Yoko of Mikasa wore a gold bumper hat to cheer on a junior tennis championship

Princess Margriet wore a grey feathered fascinator Tuesday during a visit to Canada

On Wednesday also in Canada, the Duchess of Cornwall repeated her ruched tan wool hat with faux fur brim. Hat by Lock & Co., coat and dress by Anna Valentine.

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On Thursday, Empress Masako wore a white short brimmed hat with wide slate blue hatband for a Red Cross event. She was joined by Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Nobuko and Princess Hisako in impeccable brimmed hats in pale hues

Sweet photos of Prince Leka and Princess Elia of Albania in casual summer hats with their young daughter

How wonderfully sunny is this boater hat by Lisa Tan?! See the comments for other hats that caught my eye this week.

Creepy or quaint?!  The Prince of Wales met his Needle-felted twin in Canada this week made by Franco-Manitoban fibre artist Rosemarie Peloquin.
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There were no hats at this year’s Closing of the Octave mass in Luxembourg… but there was a young prince making his first appearance at the event.

Are you as excited about this as I am?!

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This Week’s Extras

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Princess Nobuko wore a smart navy hat with flat crown, rolled brim and wide ivory hatband during her visit to Kagawa Prefecture this week.

Yesterday, King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon launched the royal yacht for this summer season.

On Friday, Princess Hisako attended the 50th anniversary of a women’s advocacy organization in a purple jacquard covered hat with pork pie crown and curved brim trimmed with a matching bow and dark purple hatband and feathers.

Yesterday, Princess Beatrix wore a black sinamay bumper hat to attend the Princess Beatrix attended the anniversary meeting of the 111-year-old Heritage Association Heemschut in Woudrichem.

The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week (see the comments for more):


Princess Anne repeated the steps taken by her great grandfather today on their 100th anniversary.

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This Week’s Extras

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Princess Akiko of Mikasa in an ice blue silk covered bumper hat on April 30

On May 4, Queen Máxima wore a new black felt hat with uniquely shaped brim by Philip Treacy for the National Remembrance Day at  Dam Square in Amsterdam.
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Victoria de Marichalar de Borbón in a floral headpiece at the Seville Fair
Thanks to reader Scarfie for highlighting the Dior Museum’s new exhibition on hats!
This hat made me catch my breath. See the comments for more hats that caught my eye last week

Prince Albert, Princess Charlene of Monaco, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attended the Sainte Devote Rugby Tournament on May 7
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Such sweet photos from the Hereditary Grand Ducal family’s visit to tourist and zoological attraction park “Parc Merveilleux” last week. Prince Charles is already two years old!

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On April 21, Crown Princess Kiko wore a white silk covered pillbox on a visit to Ise Jingu’s Geku and Naiku  for “Rikkoshi no Rei” rites. The next day, she wore a black silk covered pillbox to visit the mausoleums of Emperor Komei and Empress Eishō in Kyoto

Also on April 22, Princess Yoko of Mikasa attended the Spring Equinox Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in a white silk covered hat with very short brim.

 

 Crown Princess Mary in a casual fedora from Australian brand Canopy Bay while on a visit to Bangladesh this week

On Thursday, Queen Mathilde repeated her pale pink petal Fabienne Delvigne headpiece at the Ghent flower show
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Princess Alexandra wore a smart felt hat with camel crown and black brim for a visit to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall in Nottinghamshire on Friday

Prince Daniel  conferred honorary doctorates degrees to graduates of the Karolinska Institutet yesterday at Stockholm City Hall.

The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week (see the comments for more):



 

Lovely to see Princess Charlene joining her family at the Monaco E-Prix yesterday

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On Monday, Empress Masako repeated an ivory short-brimmed hat with wide lime printed hatband for the Midori Prize.

For the Four Freedoms Awards in Middelburg on Thursday, Queen Máxima repeated a vibrant green floral dress with wide brimmed burgundy sinamay hat. Princess Beatrix repeated a bumper hat in black sinamay woven with silver threads.
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Yesterday, Queen Margrethe repeated her blue plaid trilby to open Gødstrup Regional Hospital.
The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week (see the comments for more):


A lovely Easter greeting from Princess Charlene of Monaco, who we warmly welcome back to public life and offer sincere wishes for her continued health.

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